Three consortiums bidding for Egypt’s Sixth of October-Giza monorail

Three consortiums are bidding for the tender to construct a monorail that will link Sixth of October to Giza, Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said, according to Al Mal. An earlier report had indicated that the first consortium included the Military Production Ministry, Malaysia’s Scomi Group and the UAE’s Arabtec Construction, the second included Arab Contractors, Orascom Construction and Canada’s Bombardier while the third included China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), CRRC Corporation Limited and local contractors Concorde and Samco. Arafat did not disclose when the ministry will announce the winning bid.